Motilak for children: instructions for use

"Motilak" is often prescribed by adults to eliminate nausea, belching, and other unpleasant symptoms in the gastrointestinal tract. To understand the instructions for use is quite simple. Not everyone knows whether this medicine can be used for children, when it is needed and in what dosage is recommended.

"Motilak" is produced only in solid form, but these tablets are of two types:

1. Coated. They have a convex shape on both sides, a practically white film shell and a white or white-yellowish core. In one box is 10 or 30 tablets, packaged in blisters of ten pieces.
2. For sucking. They also have a white color and a round shape convex on both sides. Such tablets are also sold in blisters of 10 pieces, and in one pack there are 1 or 3 blisters.

The main component of any such pills is domperidone. This substance is presented in each tablet - dosage of 10 mg. Auxiliary ingredients of the drug vary:

• Coated tablets contain hydroxypropyl cellulose, povidone, starch, MCC, talc and other substances that impart density to the core and create a dense film on the surface.
• Preparation for sucking consists of fructose, crospovidone, peppermint oil, sucrose, sodium carboxymethyl starch, magnesium stearate and dextrose.

Motilak helps with vomiting - due to the effect of its active ingredient on dopamine receptors, which are located in the brain. This effect prevents the transmission of impulses to the emetic center. In addition, the medication has a peripheral effect. It activates the peristalsis of the stomach, increases the tone of the esophageal sphincter, and contributes to a more rapid emptying of the stomach. These effects help prevent nausea and vomiting.

Motilak helps to get rid of symptoms such as a feeling of fullness in the stomach, bloating, heartburn, abdominal pain, belching, and so on. They occur in esophagitis, gastritis, esophageal reflux, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer and other pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract.

In addition, the drug is effective in vomiting or nausea, the cause of which is infection or radiotherapy, medication, functional disorder, a violation of the diet and other factors.

At children's age "Motilak" is allowed to take from 5 years. If a small patient older than five years weighs less than 20 kg, this drug should not be used.

Use tablets for children is permissible only with a weight over 20 kg. In this case, the form of the prescribed medication can be any and is chosen individually, since some children easily swallow the tablets in the shell, and others can swallow such a solid drug. It is necessary to use another version of the pills, which any child 5 years and older can cope with resorption.

"Motilak" should not be given not only at an early age, but also when:

• hypersensitivity to any component of the tablets;
• perforation of the gastrointestinal wall;
• bleeding in the stomach or intestines;
• intestinal obstruction;
• prolactinoma.

Some patients from the very first days of taking the pills have an allergy in the form of urticaria or skin rash, because of which the agent is immediately canceled. In rare cases, the medication can provoke spasms in the intestines, which quickly pass. Sometimes the treatment of children is accompanied by the appearance of extrapyramidal symptoms, but after withdrawal they completely disappear. In addition, domperidone can increase the level of prolactin.

The absorption of the active compound from the tablets is influenced by the simultaneous ingestion of food, therefore It is recommended to dissolve or swallow "Motilak" 15-30 minutes before meals.

If a small patient has an acute illness that is manifested by seizures. vomiting and severe nausea, Motilaka dosage is 5 mg of domperidone for every 10 kg of child's weight. If a child weighs 30 kg, then he is given 1.5 tablets per dose (5 × 3). For children over 12 years of age, two tablets are usually considered a single dose. The drug is taken three times or four times a day, and if required, and additionally at night.

If medication is prescribed with chronic disease, the dosage will be less. For every 10 kg of body weight of the child give 2.5 mg of active compound. For example, a child with a weight of 20 kg requires 1/2 tablet per dose (2.5 × 2). At the age of 12 years and older, a single dose is usually 1 tablet. To eliminate the chronic symptoms, "Motilak" is taken three times a day, but sometimes it is also prescribed an additional dose at bedtime.

If the child has renal failure, the drug is given in the same dosage, but the frequency of administration is reduced to two, and in case of severe renal pathologies - sometimes to once a day.

If you accidentally take too many Motilaka tablets, this will cause drowsiness, disorientation, and other reactions from the nervous system. To eliminate them, the child is given a sorbent and monitors its condition.

Interaction with other drugs:

• "Motilak" can be used together with digoxin, levodopa, neuroleptics or paracetamol.
• The bioavailability of the drug is reduced if the tablets are taken simultaneously with gastric acid secretion inhibitors or antacids.
• The action of Motilaka will be weaker if drugs with anticholinergic effect are also used in the treatment of a child.

Any such pills can be purchased at a pharmacy without a prescription from a gastroenterologist or other specialist, but in the treatment of children, consultation with a specialist is desirable. The price of 30 tablets in the shell and the same number of lozenges is about 230-250 rubles.

It is recommended to keep the medication at home in a place hidden from children, where sunlight or high humidity will not act on the tablets. Storage should be at room temperature, not longer than 2 years from the date of issue.

The use of "Motilaka" for children, many mothers are satisfied. They confirm that the pills provide a fairly quick action and help get rid of both vomiting and swelling, belching or nausea. The price of medication is affordable, so this medicine is often preferred instead of more expensive analogues.

In addition, many children do not like the taste of lozenges, so the tablets in the shell are more in demand. Their size is small, and it is fairly easy to swallow the medicine.

The substitution can be any other drugs with the same active ingredient - for example, "Motilium», «Domperidone"," Motinorm "," Passage "," Domstal "," Motonium ". Most of these drugs are represented by the solid form (coated tablets, chewable and for resorption), but "Motilium"Also produced in suspension, and one of the forms of Motinorm is syrup. The doctor may prescribe another antiemetic - for example, "Zeercal" or "Metoclopramide».

The video below will tell you exactly how this drug works.